Library Lessons 4u2 use:

Lessons available for check out at the DLMC:
Fifth Grade Dewey Decimal lesson
Book Parts lesson: easy fiction
Book Parts Lesson: non-fiction book
Evaluation Tools Grades 4-6
How a book is made
Kindergarten book care lesson
Library is Fun! grades K-4
Organizational features of non-fiction text
R.A.D.C.A.B.
Third grade fiction/non-fiction lesson
Where can I find it?
To check out any of these lessons contact Pam at the DLMC 70611

Online library lesson sites:

http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/ This site is used to locate book series. It is very helpful for when the question comes up: which one do I read first?

http://ww2.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp Series seach site! NEW
http://www.flr.follett.com/intro/calendar.html A calendar that lists library events and authors' birthdays.
http://www.factmonster.com This website is fun to explore for interesting facts and fun activities.
http://www.informationliteracy.org/ A great site remember to create a login and then start searching.
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ PBS sponsored site for teachers.
http://novemberlearning.com/resources/ November Learning site.
http://fno.org/ Jamie McKenzie website.
http://www.readwritethink.org/ From the International Reading Association.
http://www.schoollibrarymedia.com/ School Library Media Activities Monthly website. Check out the Blogs and Podcasts.
http://www.americanfolklore.net/ Check this site out for 5th grade States and Region Lessons. You will be a hero with your teachers.
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/ Helps students to figure out where to start in a research project.
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/children/newberyranking.html This site ranks Newbery Award books accoring to how well they are liked by readers.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/ Check out the site, mostly for parents and students but you might find something that would help you. There are a lot of coloring pages, in fact black line masters for each president.
http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/search What should I read next website. Finally! NEW

Website Evaluation tools:

http://www.factmonster.com/movies/A A movie website that lists G and PG movies.
http://www.imdb.com/ A movie rating site.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html Criteria for evaluating a website.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html Website evaluation tutorials
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html University of Berkeley evaluation tools website
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html University of Berkeley finding information web page. Mostly secondary.
http://www.avon.k12.ct.us/enrichment/Enrich/quickgr4-0.htm Elementary quality information checklist
http://allaboutexplorers.com/index.html
http://www.easywhois.com/ Tells the author of a webpage.
http://www.archive.org/index.php Informs the viewer of a webpage the history of a webpage.

Websites to use that demonstrate unreliable sources:

http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html Velcro is in trouble. The crop is being decimated by pests and inadequate rainfall. For another example click on the author's name and read more.
http://descy.50megs.com/Emankato/mankato.html Mankato, MN a city that has a wonderful climate, in fact the temperature is never under 70 degrees.
http://improbable.com/about/ The tag line of this website is: Research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK.
http://zapatopi.net/ Secondary website that has several examples of outlandish articles.
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Try this site with elementary students. It is about tree octopi.
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html Middle and High school website evaluation tool.

http://allaboutexplorers.com/index.html Great for teaching unrelable websites.

Websites that have been researched and found to be safe for students:

http://www.ipl.org/ Librarians Public Library.
http://lii.org/ Librarians Internet Index - mostly Secondary
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm American Library Assoc. site of safe websites.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ Kathy Schrock's website for educators
http://pbskids.org/ PBS sponsored site for preschool children.
http://pbskids.org/go/index.html PBS sponsored site for school aged children.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/ PBS site for Partents to support student learning.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ It's National Geographic do I need to say more?
type.

Other search engines besides Google:

http://www.quintura.com/ Word cloud searching for secondary.
http://quinturakids.com/ Word cloud searching for elementary. Cool site.
http://rollyo.com/index.html A search engine that you set up. You establish up to 25 websites that students can search and visit.
http://www.ask.com Used to be Ask Jeeves.
http://www.altavista.com/ An educational search engine.
http://www.tekmom.com/search/ This site has complied various search engines for students.
http://www.online-college-blog.com/index.php/features/100-useful-tips-and-tools-to-research-the-deep-web/?zbrandid=4053&zidType=CH&zid=1111774&zsubscriberId=1011171838 This site is a blog but has a list of search engines that is very comprehensive. NEW

Reference search engines:

http://www.answers.com/ Searches leading reference sources.
http://www.Refdesk.com/ Quick fact checker for the internet
http://www.Libraryspot.com/ All sorts of reference links here for Secondary.
http://www.factmonster.com/ Reference site for Elementary
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html This is a webpage that can assist students to figure out which search engines are the best for their type of research.
http://www.factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en Population statistics for the United States, can be seached by city, county, state. NEW
http://www.factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html Student version of the US Census.NEW

Digital Storytelling sites:

http://myths.e2bn.org/create/ Fun site to help students create a digital story
http://goanimate.com/ Anyone can animate a story using this site.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/filmmaker.html From National Geographic, students can make wild life videos.
http://www.photoshow.com/home/start A photo sharing site that allows for voice and text to be inserted into the slide show.

Just plain fun sites:

http://kids.yahoo.com/jokes Jokes, jokes and more jokes.
http://www.ahajokes.com/kids_jokes.html Another jole site but this is unacessible from DCSD.

Finding new sites on the web:

http://www.pandia.com/ Check out the web search tutorial